Button



June 13, 1939. A AMRElN 2,161,780

BUTTON Filed Nov. 8, 1957 b/mww am Patented June 13, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BUTTON Application November 8, 1937, Serial No. 173,511 In Switzerland November 12, 1936 1 Claim.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and relatively inexpensive form of button for fastening in a buttonhole of a garment, for example in the buttonhole of the lapel of a coat, the button comprising a body portion consisting of a metal plate and at the back thereof an attachment member to be inserted into the buttonhole and consisting of a head portion and a, shank portion stamped out in one piece from the plate forming the body portion. Such buttons can be used in the form of a sign, decoration, dance label or the like and one of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved construction whereby the button shall be capable of being rapidly and securely fixed in position in the buttonhole. To this end, in the improved button, the head portion of the attachment member is of the general form of a horse-shoe. By this means, the operation of fixing the button in the buttonhole is facilitated, as hereinafter more particularly described.

The body portion of the button can be provided, for example, with any kind of button fitting; for instance, a silk or plush covered head, a pad, escutcheon, decoration, initial plate or the like.

The invention will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention by way of example as applied to a round button.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side view of the button;

Figure 2 is a central cross-section through the button, and

Figure 3 is a rear view of the button.

The button shown in the drawing comprises a body portion in the form of a metal plate a, which can be provided on the front with any kind of button fitting as above set forth. The metal plate a. carries at the rear an attachment member stamped out from the plate. This member comprises a central shank portion b to reach through the buttonhole and a head portion 0, the two portions 1), c being in one piece in the stamping with the body portion a. of the button. The head portion 0 of the attachment member has, as shown in Figure 3, arcuate form substantially resembling a horse-shoe. It is thus easily and conveniently inserted in the button-hole, in which operation first one limb of the horse-shoe is inserted in the buttonhole, after which the button is rotated until the second limb of the horseshoe has passed through the button hole, to a position behind the material of the garment. The operation of fastening the button in the buttonhole is then complete.

Figure 3 shows the opening d in the body portion a of the button out of which the attachment member comprising the parts I), c has been stamped, and it will be seen that the said opening 01 is of horse-shoe form corresponding to the form of the part 0. By bending back the shank part b, which operation may conveniently be performed automatically in the course of the stamping process by using a suitable tool therefor, the head portion 0 of the attachment member is brought into a displaced position with respect to the body portion a. The shank b now engages the part c at an intermediate point adjacent to the concave edge of the latter.

What I claim is:

A button, comprising a front plate, a narrow shank rearwardly extending from said front plate, and a back plate substantially parallel to said front plate on said shank, said back plate having arcuate form substantially resembling a horse shoe, said shank engaging said back plate at an intermediate point adjacent to the concave edge of said arcuate back plate.

ADOLF AMREIN. 

